Color Hues #114

My sweet friend, Bonnie is our host with the most over at Color Hues #114 and she has such a wonderful color combo for July!  

While I was inspired by the Shasta Daisies growing gangbusters in my front 

garden bed, a few other sets grabbed my attention.. 

I'm going to have one heck of a time choosing between these two today.

I went straight to my stash of colored cardstock and die cut all the bits 

and pieces of each set then blended a little extra color for added punch.

Those lemon leaves reminded me of this SB Leafy embossing folder, 

so, it was an easy decision to use it for my cover panel.

BUT! since yellow roses are so beautiful, how does a girl resist?

I love that texture from the card stock I used - it reminded me of

the background of this old Regency Swirls EF from Crafters Companion.

Be still, my CAS loving heart!  I think you know which card will

be found in the Color Hues gallery - but you should go see for yourself.

AND PLAY ALONG!  There's plenty of time to make even more than two!

=] Michele

Paper Players #746 and Inkspirational #345

I have two cards for two challenges this morning!  The Paper Players has a color challenge this week - and it was very challenging to find their colors in my stash - you may have just the SU! papers for Ann's combo right at your fingertips...

... I made do with a close match:

Altenew's Layered Ornate Frame brought them all together for my floral wreath

and their Masonry Wall EF gives it a place to hang its hat!

This sentiment from The Stamp Market's Kindness Matters set

represents my feelings perfectly!

Thanks, Ann, for pushing my limits with your color combination!

The other day when I posted that trio of penguins, one of the sweet members of the Inkspirational team mentioned they would fit their Three of the Same challenge - thanks Julia - but I was just too lazy to go back to edit that post... it's hot and I'm really feeling it!  Besides that, I had three more little Sandy Toe kids ready for the beach...

We are well known for our gorgeous sand dunes 'round here, so I 

felt the need to doodle a big one for them to run down before they

spalooshed into the water - just as I would have done when I was a kid!

I wouldn't have the energy for it today - but I'd gladly take the 'Nestea Plunge' first thing this morning!  

Hope you're staying cool!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #695

Hey, there... do you hear the sleigh bells?  Yes, I am making Christmas cards and it is high time I did, or I'll never reach that lofty goal I set for my seniors back in January! 

Jen T. has the perfect Freshly Made Sketch #695 for my Christmas card today... by the way, she's also giving us free reign with that shape!

I jumped into my Waffle Flower stash for lots of scene building supplies

for my card: Winter Skyscape, Tiny Crosses for the sky, Nested Domes,

and the stars of the card from Winter Fun.  Ready? 

The cover panel is also WF: Dashed Snowflake, and it all inspired

my sentiment [MFT Cool Christmas] and couldn't stop myself from

adding 'snow' with Diamond Stickles!

I'm ready for all of the fun shaped focal points you'll add to your cards!  I can't wait to see what Jen T. and the team have used - you'll join me, right?

Thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #104 Reminder

How were you inspired by these colors?  Have you entered a card in The Flower Challenge #104?  Maybe you have another up your sleeve!  Here's a reminder of those gorgeous colors:

 

Another card made during my playtime with Marcia using her Waffle Flower Crafts Flower Focal die, cut from Bristol Smooth cardstock that I brought home for inking...

I wanted to keep it CAS so I embossed the card panel using watercolor paper and a

SSS Filigree Message Rounded Rectangle die that has been in my 

stash for ages!  You may have seen this sentiment many times over - it's

such a pretty one from Alex Syberia's Spring Garden set.

Okay, enough about my card - let's go see what my teammates have made, shall we?  It's always a treat!  

=] Michele

Color Hues #113 - Red and White!

Tracey McNeely gave me just the kick in the pants I needed to get busy making Christmas cards today!  How can you beat a Red & White color combo for Christmas??

 

Sit back and relax I have four cards for you today!

First:  a CAS pair of cards that took only moments to make a twofer!

This is that lovely Spellbinders Stylish Merry Christmas die from a few years ago - 

still stylish in my humble opinion!  A bright and crisp POPPY paper from C&9th

really make these pop!

Using a little care when making the first cut, one is able to add debossing [Waffle Flower Dashed Snowflakes] or embossing [Spellbinders Ski Lodge] to the negative panel before replacing the Merry Christmas!  

I 'spruced' them up with one of SSS Pretty Bows and an itty-bitty EH tree from my snippets!

I picked a few sets from Spellbinders for the other two made today:  Simon Hurley's Playful Penguins and Santa - always makes me smile!  I made sure I kept all the cardstock, besides red and white, within their rules this time!  Aren't you proud of me?? lol

Your little eye might spy that new Finishing Touches stitching from C&9th and 

Kristina Werner in the background.  

I know I'm going to be using this PTI Skinny Ric Rac a LOT this Christmas!

Thanks so much Tracey!

Last but not least.... heeeeeeeeeeere's Santa!!

Crank these dies back and forth a few extra times in your machine to get all

his wonderful details - like those whiskers and eyebrows!

I still had a few holiday sentiments from 2024 in my stash - always welcomed

for a quick finish!

You'll have to run by Color Hues #113 to see which one made the cut... hey, while you're there, why not play along?

=] Michele

Just us Girls #783

I hope you don't mind, but these Waffle Flower Crafts Sandy Toes guys just HAVE to play when Summer is at her peak!  Perfect time for them to jump into the WATER at Just us Girls #783!

 

You all must know the moral of their story...

A label-maker sentiment always seems the right fit ...

...a bit of heat embossed white and Stickles seafoam in my watercolor-wash-ed ocean!

... is the rotten egg!

This one is already enroute for my dear cousin whose birthday I forgot this year -

I hang my head in shame.  We can have a little fun with belated wishes, I say -

even when the sender does a huge belly flop!

=] Michele

The Paper Players #745

I'm coming in just under the wire with a Christmas card for The Paper Players where Stef is asking for circles... 

If you stack a few and throw in some snowballs - this is what you get...

I find juggling the holidays can be this hard. LOL 

I've dropped the ball and plan for this year's cards for Seniors but hope to remedy that this month!  Simple Copic coloring to the rescue!

This cool dude is one of the minis from Colorado Craft and Anita Jeram.

The snowballs were made using a very old MFT Polka Dot Cover die...

have you heard that MFT have closed their doors??  Such a sad situation.

I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the MFT store years ago with Nancy Leppek, and 

Bobby Hagen!  A very good memory, for sure.

Okay, friends. I'd better get this guy delivered before he melts!

=] Michele